My name is Catherine M. Howell. I have been creating art for as long as I can remember.

I create design-oriented artwork of animals and birds, trees and nature. My work is my interpretation of the subjects that I create. I believe in artistic license.

The borders that you see on some of my work take many hours to complete. I first draw the border freehand and each border takes on its own look and personality. I then fill in the design with archival ink. I started drawing exotic borders years a.

Colored pencils of all types, fascinate me. I also use archival grade ink which consists of Rapidograph Technical Pens and/or Micron Pigma Pens. The colored pencils that I use are Prismacolors, Faber Castell Polychromos, Derwent Coloursoft Pencils. I also use Karat Aquarelle, and Faber Castell watercolor pencils. Once in a while I also do some dry brush watercolor painting.

Another media that I love: ‘art markers!’ You can get such incredible layering presentations with markers.

I also recently started cutting lino again and have limited edition, hand pulled prints available.

Journal

Love / Is a misused word, / Conjuring up feelings / That should never go away, / Right? Wrong! / Love / Is a decision to act / when we’d rather not / And stay, / When we’d rather run away. / Love / Is something we choose to do / When we don’t think we can, / And even when we are hurt, / Be willing to lend a hand. / Love / Compels us to act, / To give, to believe, / To hope, to forgive / Instea…

http://www.nmwild.org/2012/news/2012-wolf-stamp-artwork-chosen-wilderness-weekly-january-26-2012/#stcLavDN / www.nmwild.org / wow! I’m very excited to have my artwork chosen for The New Mexico Wilderness Alliance’s “2012 Wolf Conservation Stamp.” / This was a worldwide competition. I created a drawing with Copic Markers and Micron Pigma Pens and made it very colorful becau…

I received a wonderful phone call, today. Four days before the deadline I created a design for the Wolf Conservation Stamp Contest. We overnighted the drawing so it would arrive before the deadline. Today, I received a phone call from The New Mexico Wildlife Alliance stating that they had picked my drawing for the winning art for this contest. I am so thankful and grateful to have my work chosen:…